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Kadarius Toney’s time with the Kansas City Chiefs apparently has come to an end.

Multiple outlets reported Tuesday that the Chiefs were waiving Toney, 25, a former first-round draft pick who had an up-and-down stay in Kansas City.

The Chiefs acquired Toney from the Giants, who selected him No. 20 overall in the 2021, in October 2022 after he’d worn out his welcome in New York.

Toney was a key contributor for the Chiefs against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, when he caught a 5-yard pass to give the Chiefs a one-point lead early in the fourth quarter. Less than three minutes later, he returned a punt a Super Bowl-record 65 yards to the 5-yard line to set up the winning score as the Chiefs prevailed 38-35.

In 2023, a series of dropped passes and then a key offsides penalty in a late-season loss to the Buffalo Bills summarized his season, and he didn’t see action in the final seven games, including the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers.

He finished the 2023 season with just 27 receptions, 169 yards and a touchdown.

Since then, the Chiefs brought in wide receivers Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and JuJu Smith-Schuster, and they used their first-round draft pick in April on Texas wideout Xavier Worthy.

–Field Level Media